Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 1999/07

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: APPLAUSE
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:04:46 -0400

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, John Dablin wrote:

> However, Which is better, an audience which "knows the form", has
> heard the music a dozen times before and is probably bored, and may
> even be at the concert just because it's the thing to do, or an
> audience that is hearing the music perhaps for the first time and is
> clapping out of sheer enthusiasm from their response to the music?

I'm afraid that's not the reason they are applauding. Rather, it's the
television mentality - when the music stops, beat your hands stupidly
together. That's also the main reason that applauding in church is
becoming so pervasive.

There's another sinister result of the same mentality. When watching
television, when the music starts, it's OK to begin talking. We see that
often when playing for audiences unaccustomed to active listening to
music, rather than thinking of it as "elevator music."

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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